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Originally Posted by edslunch
What's your problem? Did he crush your dreams?
Backlund may not turn out to be what many hope but he's still a decent, cheapish, young player....something we need more of not less. What's wrong with that???
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This isnt the Michael Freakin Backlund Thread, but I'll bite. I know CP loves this guy, from the off-seaon threads of him hitting 50-60 pts this year (80% thought so on a CP poll), to early season reviews of how Iggy and Tanguay were holding him down...lol, to threads about how his life-threatening finger injury has really hindered his play... its unbelievable.
CP loves its first overall picks, nm that we havent had one of impact in 15 years,or that Feaster put 2 on the unemployment line earlier this season, or the fact that the one who has actually come up and produced, is being pushed away so we can save 3M down the road somewhere for all of one whole entire season. Backlund is a soft, very one dimensional player and thats fine if he's putting pucks in the net or setting up players to put the puck in the net, but he isnt. he has no other assets people, he's bad in the dot, he's not hard on the puck, he isn't going to the corners... he is meant/designed/limited to scoring. He's performed so poorly in many peoples eyes (outside of CP of course) that many are saying next year is probably his last as a flame, unless we see a major upswing in his play... I am entitled to my opinion, I have seen literally nothing that tells me we will see any increase in anything from him next year. Take my number, come get me when I'm wrong. If im wrong.